Long soaring alpine aretes are all well and good while Costa crimp fests are the cure for many a climbers winter blues there is still […]
2022 IMC New Routes Roundup
Category: Trip Report: Ireland
Cracking Cruit – Sept 23
With July being wetter than an otter’s pocket, there were high hopes for the August meet on Cruit Island. It delivered in spades, not just […]
2021 IMC New Routes Roundup
It is hoped that these pages will inspire and encourage new challenges and new horizons in the new year. 2021 was another disappointing year for […]
Donegal Climbfest 2022
After a couple of years of covid cancellations, the Donegal Climbfest returned this year. The Colmcille Climbers put on a great event with plenty of […]
2020 IMC New Routes Roundup
While 2020 was a trying year for our climbers and mountaineers many new routes were climbed up and down the Country by members and their […]
Cruit Report – 3rd / 5th September 2021
By Dave Walsh Cruit (say “Critch”) Island is a special place where it’s all about multitudinous small crags in a confined area, clean rock, good […]
The Stuff of Legends
The Selkie Selkie’s are a mythical creature from Irish folklore similar to mermaids, they are seals in the water, and on land remove their skin […]
2019 IMC New Routes Roundup
Deer Park Crag Co Dublin Sin Binn (E1 5b)** 23mThe climb starts 3m to the right of the detached block of the snapper. Start by […]
Sligo Scrambling Trip (AKA the Brexit Party)
Last weekend we had a pleasure to join our friends from Belfast Climbing Club on the exploration of some less known scrambles around Sligo. Their […]
The Alternative Burren Way
by Barry Watts Drawing some inspiration from climbing challenges such as No Sleeps till Bakewell and the Dalkey Forty, Conor Warner and I decided to […]